Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-09-23
THROUGH THE STATE.
THE LATEST NEWS iNp GOSSIP FROM lHt
BAtk CUl MITES.
Life 10 the Interior. As We Find 1t MrorrI 3
the Local Columns Of tie Regis
ter'S Exchanges.

AlAaAlA NV
leaves the Ohio river for the interior Of
Kentucky. Mr.. Huntington has a large
force actively at work constructing n road
upon the Ohio river bank, from Ashland,
XIV. 10 Covingtou, Ky; distance about
l2u miles. He is also constructing Il
bridge over the Ohio river he
tween C]oyingtcn and Cincinnati.
The estimated cost OF tins road and
bridpr is $1,000. uUu With thus road and
bridge completed, 81. Louis, Chicago, and
either Western cities, will he placed III iii
rect railroad connection with Ncwpnri
News and Norfolk, over the Chesapeake y
Ohio road, thereby making Huntington :
railroad system one oi the must important
on the continent, Tor Il nov extends from
New port News, Va. Ia the Pacific cOlet.
S5IIuntingtun's road Un the Ohio IlyCr In
CoNiugtou, Kentucky, thence by bridge +"
Cincinnati, Will, when completed enable
him Ia load rirs with coal, from Lands
situated on the south side al the Great
Kanawha river, and dump the coal from
his trains right into coal Yards IN the city
OF Cincinnati. This hr claims hr rnn do
more cheapIy than coal eau lr transported
by water from rIithurs aud delivered ~
the coal yards OF Cincinnati. Hunting
toms road to Cuviugion, Kentucky, Will
he completed, il Is said, by January tue
first. II will enhance greatly the Ntlu" 81
good coal Lands situated ON and along the
Chesapeake aud Ohio road, and on the
southern Tributaries ui the Great kdnaw hI
river, to-wit, ON Coal river, Davis Creek,
Fields creek, Cabin creek, Paint creek,
Armstrong cIrck, and 40 On, and must
giNe these lands the control al the CIHrIn-
natl market ~ against nIttShurg coal.
Very unusual interest has been manifest
rd in Murtinsburg, during the past few
days, over the trial Of William I;rrrdon,
charged with placing cross ties ON Tia" l.
x o. railroad, at Tahb's Grade ON the 3Oth
at August, owing 10 the fact that eminent
counsel were arrayri OH both sides, the
Hon. f.. Boyd Faulkner having been cm-
pluyrd 10 assist the States attorney, and
senator Faulkner and $. W. Walkrr rr-
tanned for the defence. The rlsr was hully
contested all the way through, occupying
two days in its trial-Mundiy and Tues
day. Both sides were ably presented,
and powerful arguments made pro
and con. The court house was crowded
during the entire proceedings, ami It's
usual snmbrc appearance was Frightened
by the presence OF 4 gn"dIy s]prinklri'g I'll
the fair sex. The evidence WIS Cirrum-
4Etutial and iulrrrntiaI and, under The in
~tTuriIon Of the Court, the jury rnuld not
decide, beyond 4 reasonable doubt, that
the prisoner had committed ia" act with
,u,1,.t.,,s infant tl.r.t,TY4 a NpVilfrt nI
mot guilty. was rendered. Popular
sympathy seemed to hr with the accused,
4 youth OF sixteen, as evidenced 10y the
applause that wectcd the verdict.
4 lrw days ago owen liIwkcr, = pros
porous farmer of Grant district, Munumgl
liz county, sold some "l his cattle ioI
which he received about 300. \ shot
time after, the family went away l,nrn
home leaving the money unthOughtrIiY ia
4 bureau drawer. In their aha'uyr s"m'
scamp entered the nous" aud opened the
bureau and Tumaged through one drawer
getting Il small sum Of moury, and At
tempted t0 open the drawer Inch con
tanned the larger sum, hat found tt Toe! 81.
lie got 4 nail, driving It inlu the IOrk and
breaking IT. but h,lur" hr got TIA" drawer
Opened ~, frightened away hy = u,lghl"r,
whr went IT, the house un ~ rrrtud ~"
far ~ we can learn. there l.; M clue to the
thiri except that u strange man wts srru
in the urighhoI huui about TIA" tim, at lh"
occurrence.
The graveyard connected with lu" I'rr~
hytcunu church "n Muddy ,rc"h, ~
I,rrrnhrlrr county, * located nu Tia, lit" at
IN Indian hurylug ground Ia dr@grnr
graves the skeletons and implements "i
the nhorglnes are frequently thrown up
\ recent excavation tnr = grave uncirthrd
the skeletons al thIrr Indians and nuInrI
0u, pieces ut pottery and other relies OF
that proplr. The pottery. from tbs drgu
rati"Hs IN it, indicated "a eye Ia, IA" -
tistic, and compared ily"uahiy with the
present. IN Indian pipe va tI-" thruwn
up a few l,nIs aga in Glnning u grave
That the "hit,r, IN selecting = site ior 4
hurting ground, should unwittin4Iy select
the same plat used by Indians T., I" say
the least, u Irmiarkablr y"iUrldrmI
Miss AmanGa, daughter ol \. + Wick
line, Ut M~pn0ngilii county. W. sitting nn
4 pile uI plank~ and leaning against a
higher pile behind hes, when ,hr felt ma
thing pluck ~ pull at her drr-- N one side
and urar the waist. Lu0kiug to seq what
it could he. she saw Il lurr rupprrhead
snake IN one OF the IntrTstircS between
the blanks behind her. Nothing dluuird,
she pIorrcduI to dispatch the reptile. and
then discovered that lh,Ic was q nruod "I
young ones. After staying the old one
she pulled down the pile 81 pluk~ aud
found and killed twenty Young copper
heads. They were all big enough To show
fight and they showed it.
Great preparations lor entertaining the
VI. t.. Conference are going IN among that
denomination IN parkrr5hurg. tonlrrrmr"
will convene un the 9Th Of Octuhrr m;i ir
in session II week or more. Ia addition to
all ul the Methodist preachers IN West
Virginia Dhr;r Will hr present many OF the
leading diyIncs uI that rlmich IN tins
country. Among them will pIoIuhIy hr
Dr.. Npham, OF Drew I~hru}uglcnl Semi
may, Dr. Buckley, OF New York; Dr.
plyur, ui Delaware, uhI", lirshup Foster,
DC GGtnsiou. al Cincinnati, Dr. Wheeler
aud many othrrs. parkrr~hur" will enter
tain them a. welt ua they have ever been
entertained IN their lives.
Ca the 10th Of April, l~~G, sarah Sink,
a "irl about nineteen years old, married
Rrni Barnes, at his residence in Writ
county. Aitrra few months OF wriicd
bliss she departed and wcndrd her way To
Roany county, where on April It'll, l--n
she married John NidI, under thg uaInr III
Maggie Sink. She VA. indicted, tried aud
convicted 0r higtmy, aud sentenced To onr
years imprisonment in the state Pcuitrr
tiary. Rev. John ". Province AMI Rev.
Samuel r. Smith, officiating ministers,
were present, both marriag" licenses were
produced, and both husbands wjturs~rd
the trial.
On last Monday night Miss MoIlic, the
eldest daughter Of Mr.. Geo. u. Jackson,
Of Fairmunt. arose from her he'd while
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